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Shorthanded .5-1$ blinds.
Folded to cutoff who limps, he is a loose agressive player who likes to bluff alot. I have KcQd on button, I would usually raise here but I decide to limp in mainly because I find it difficult to play a hand like this heads up with the agressive player with him bluffing so much. SB completes and BB checks. Flop is QT6 with two clubs, checked to agressive player in cutoff who bets the pot. I just call which in retrorespect was a mistake, I should have raised even though I might get more action if I just call and let him bet again on turn. This flop has too many draws too be giving away a cheap card. SB calls and BB folds and we see the turn K of hearts 3 handed. It is checked to me and I bet 10$ into the 12$ pot, now SB comes over the top of me for 30$ more, cutoff folds. SB has about 60$ left and I have him covered. I wasn't sure what to put him on, he wasn't making a move on me that I was sure of, he had a big hand but which one? A set seemed likely but not KK or QQ since I am sure he would have raised those hands preflop so that left TT and 66 and he might have raised TT preflop as well. J9 was also possible, he would probably want to protect his hand with a raise now since he could easily be oudrawn. I guess AJ with the flush draw was also possible but he would probably play that more slowly, maybe making a smaller raise or just calling. KT maybe since he probably had noticed cutoff was bluffing alot so he might have suspected his second pair was good on the flop. QT was a possibility hoping to get a check-raise in on the turn. Even Q6s was possible. I'm not sure he would play like this with 2 pair though he might be afraid of 2 bigger pair and play more carefully. So what would you do here? Do you push all-in or just call or is folding the right move? How often would you say you have the best hand here? Any advice appreciated. |
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When a LAG open-limps in the CO, then KQ on the button looks like a monster. Raise him.
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I think you have to raise this here. If a guy who is raising 50% of hands limps it means his hand is in the bottom half of playable hands. I would say you have a clear equity advantage preflop. And if he bluffs too much, just call him down more lightly. Like K high might do the trick. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] And on the turn I think pushing is better than calling since any ace, 9, T, 6 or club can sink you. If the guy is really tight and will only make the move with a set, then you can laydown, but it would take a lot to get me to lay down top two short handed. I think I am pushing here against most people.
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Thank you for your advice.
I pushed in and villain took my stack with J9 for the straight. Maybe the push on the turn wasn't really a mistake even though it felt like a big one at the time. Not raising preflop or on the flop was probably where the real mistakes were made. If I had played it right on the earlier streets I wouldn't even be faced with this decision. |
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